Tag: writing

November 3, 2022 at 10:03 pm

4 Grammar Rules You Really Don’t Need to Worry About

4 Grammar Rules You Really Don’t Need to Worry About

Still… aren’t you curious?

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February 18, 2021 at 8:52 pm

Umberto Eco Looking for a Book in His Massive Library

Umberto Eco Looking for a Book in His Massive Library

He has over 30,000 books in his personal library

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July 1, 2020 at 12:08 pm

Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” Screenplay, Handwritten in March of 1988

Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" Screenplay, Handwritten in March of 1988

He wrote the entire 173-page first draft in only 2 weeks

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October 17, 2019 at 3:27 pm

An Impressionist Recites a Poem in 20 Celebrity Voices While Being Deepfaked

An Impressionist Recites a Poem in 20 Celebrity Voices While Being Deepfaked

Has technology gone too far?

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September 3, 2019 at 2:24 pm

Kurzgesagt Animated Andy Weir’s Story ‘The Egg’ and It’s Beautiful

Kurzgesagt Animated Andy Weir's Story 'The Egg' and It's Beautiful

A video 2 years in the making, it’s Kurzgesagt’s most philosophical yet.

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May 15, 2019 at 5:06 pm

A 1998 Interview With George RR Martin On His ‘Epic New Fantasy Series’

A 1998 Interview With George RR Martin On His 'Epic New Fantasy Series'

Wearing a “Winter is Coming” shirt before it was cool

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May 6, 2019 at 4:37 pm

Why the World’s Best Mathematicians are Hoarding Chalk

Why the World’s Best Mathematicians are Hoarding Chalk

Of course it’s from Japan

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August 10, 2018 at 12:00 pm

The New York Public Library’s Collection of Weird and Wonderful Objects

The New York Public Library’s Collection of Weird and Wonderful Objects

A lock of Walt Whitman’s hair, Jack Kerouac’s boots, and Virginia Woolf’s cane are just a few of the items

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July 9, 2018 at 4:27 pm

The Importance of Sentence Length in Writing

The Importance of Sentence Length in Writing

An excerpt from Gary Provost’s 1985 book, “100 ways to improve your writing”

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June 7, 2018 at 1:59 pm

This Artist Keeps the Most Beautiful Sketchbooks I Have Ever Seen

This Artist Keeps the Most Beautiful Sketchbooks I Have Ever Seen

José Naranja keeps a diary, sketchbook and scrapbook all in one place and it’s beautiful

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